Belt.



A. RAPPEL.

BELT.

APPLICATION met Nov. x6. xsls.

1 ,205,933. Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. i

.ADOLIH RAFFEL, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOB, OF ONE-:HALF T0 MINNIE E: MCCALLUM, 0F LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

BELT.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

Application filed November 16, 1915. Serial No. 61,779.

T0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ADOLPH RAFFEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Belts; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The primary object of this invention is to improve the construction of waist belts, so that the free end of the belt, when the latter is in operative position, can be concealed from view, thereby giving a neat and attractive appearance to the belt when encircling the waist of the wearer.

Another object of the invention is to provide a belt, for carrying out the above objects, the cost of manufacture of which will not exceed that of the ordinary belt, and which will be durable and of such construction that the free end can be conveniently and expeditiously concealed.

Other objects will appear and be better understood from that embodiment of my invention of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part thereof in which Figure 1 is a pla-n view of the buckle end of the belt, showing the same in blank form. Fig. 2 is a front view of the connected ends of the belt. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the outer side of the belt buckle and the outer side of the adjacent end of the belt. Fig. t is a perspective view of the under side of the buckle and the belt end shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a transverse section taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the fastening device for holding the flap shown in Fig. l in folded position.

Referring to the drawings in detail the numeral 1 designates a belt, formed preferably of leather, and is provided adjacent one end thereof with laterally extending flaps 2 and 3, having the rear diagonal edges 4, said belt being provided at a point adjacent the forward ends of the flap with a transverse slot 5. The belt has the end adjacent the {iaps 2 and 8, extended a distance beyond the flaps 2 and 8, as shown at 6, and the said extended portion 6 is provided with a longitudinally extending slot 7 therein, which has its inner end terminating adjacent the forward ends of the flap, as shown in Fig. l.

A buckle 8 is associated with the belt, and as shown the tongue of the buckle is inserted through the longitudinal slot 7, in the extended portion 6 of the belt and the said extended portion 6 is then bent rearwardly upon itself and over the rear cross bar of the buckle frame, against the inner side of the belt as shown in Fig. 2, and between the flaps 2 and 3. The iaps 2 and 3 are then folded over on the extended portion 6.

A fastening device 8 is provided to hold the flaps 2 and 3 in folded position, and includes a rectangular shaped plate which engages across the outer side of the flapso 2 and 3 and has its under side provided, at each end, with a pair of spaced spurs 9 and l0. The spurs l0 at one end of the plate are considerably longer than the spurs 9, and extend through the flaps 2 and 3 and the extended portion 6, and through the outer side of the belt at a point adjacent the place of fold of the extended portion 6, and at a point adjacent the transverse slot 5 and are terminally upset against the outer surface of the belt. The spurs 9 are extended through the flaps and are terminally upset against the inner side of the iap.

In use, when the belt is in operative position around the waist of the wearer, the free end of the belt, after being adjustably connected to the buckle, in the ordinary manner, is extended through the transverse slot 5 and positioned between the inner side of the belt and the portion 6 as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawing, and concealed from View.

While the belt is shown of a particular form, it will be obvious that various changesmay be made in the form, shape and size of the parts in order to adapt it to different persons, without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the following claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is l. A belt of the class described having one end folded against the inner side of the belt, and having a slot located adjacentthe point of fold of the end, flaps formed on the belt and foldable against the folded end of the belt, a rectangular shaped plate overlying the folded Hap and having spaced pairs of spurs thereon, the spurs forming one pair being longer than the other, and the longer spurs extending through the flaps and folded end of the belt and the body of the belt at a point adjacent the buckle, and the Shorter spurs extending through the folded flap and having their free ends upsetfagainst the inner side of the slots. f

2. A belt comprising a body having one end provided with a longitudinally extending slot, a buckle having a pivoted prong, the said end of the belt being folded over a portion of the buckle and having the slot therein receiving the pivoted tongue, iaps Copies yof formed on the body and foldable on the folded end of the body, fastening ineansextending through the flaps and the said folded end and the body`,'the said body having a transverse slot therein located adjacent the point of fold between the body and the folded end, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof aiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ADOLPH RAFFEL. y

l/Vitnesses:

W. G. HUBBARD, G. B. SHAW.

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